Local author publishes new novel

The novel, published by Instant Publisher of Collierville, Tenn., spans 20 years in the lives of two childhood friends of a woman who drowns suspiciously in the gulf bay.

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By Bill Shrumbshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR

By Bill Shrumbshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Posted Apr. 19, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Updated Apr 19, 2013 at 2:28 PM

By Bill Shrumbshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Posted Apr. 19, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Updated Apr 19, 2013 at 2:28 PM

STUTTGART

Local artist and author Monica Petter has published a new novel — "The Girl Upstairs" — and it will soon be available for purchase.

The novel, published by Instant Publisher of Collierville, Tenn., spans 20 years in the lives of two childhood friends of a woman who drowns suspiciously in the gulf bay. The friends soon learn that their best friend had secrets.

"This is a different novel for me," Petter said. "The language is very vivid in this novel."

Petter, a 1989 graduate of Stuttgart High School, has been writing poetry and novels since she was 16-years old.

"I have something different in this novel that I haven't had in the others," Petter said. "It is a mystery, which I love to write."

Petter said in this novel, the main character has multiple sclerosis, which she has never mentioned before in her novels. Petter was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1992.